Suspenders.



H. G. WEBER.

SUSPENDERS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12,1912.

Patented .Nov. 4, 1913.

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flvwemo'a HENRY C. WEBER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SUSPENDERS.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

Application filed June 12, 1912. Serial No. 703,121.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY C. WVEBER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of suspenders which are known to the public as two button suspenders. In other words, it relates to that class of suspenders, the respective ends of which are adapted to be connected by buttons to the respective sides of a pair of pants beneath the arms of the wearer instead of being connected by two or more buttons and two buttons at the back of the wearer, and my present improvement pertains, more especially, first: to triangular metallic end members by which the front and rear end straps of the suspenders are connected with each other and with the buttons at the sides of the pants; and second: to the combination with one of the metallic strap connecting members at the respective sides of the suspenders of a hose strap, each provided with fastening clamps adapted to engage the tops of a pair of hose.

My invention is further explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a front view of the suspenders provided with the hose supporting straps, and Fig. 2 represents a view similar to that shown in Fig. 1, with the hose supporting straps removed.

Like parts are identified by the same reference numerals throughout both views.

The suspenders comprise the two shoulder straps 2, 2, which are adapted to cross each other at the rear of the wearers shoulders, and are connected together at such point by one or more series of stitches 3, while the respective front ends 4, 4 of the two shoulder straps are connected with the rear ends 5, 5, of such straps by the triangular plates 6, 6, 6, 6, and the triangular connecting members 7, 7 The triangular plates 6 are each provided at their upper ends with elongated apertures 8 for the reception of the folded ends of the front and rear straps 4 and 5, and the lower ends of said triangular plates are each provided with a button 9 for the reception of the looped ends 10 of the connecting members 7 while the lower ends of said connecting members 7 are provided with loops 11 adapted to engagethe buttons at the respective sides of a pair ofpants.

I am aware of the fact that the front and rear ends of a pair of suspenders have previously been connected with the sides of a pair of pants, but as the ends of the suspenders have heretofore been connected, they are liable to become twisted and so turned as to chafe and otherwise injure the side of the wearer, while by the construction shown, the respective front and rear ends are retained at such distances apart as will prevent the possibility of the ends of such straps becoming twisted, while the looped ends of the connecting members 7 enable the wearer to readily remove such connecting members from the buttons 9 of the triangular plates. The triangular members 7 are preferably formed of steel or other wire, and the upper loops 10 are adapted to readily engage the but-tons 9 of the triangular plates, while the loops 11 are adapted to readily engage the buttons on the sides of the pants.

My invention thus far described is adapted to be used solely for suspending a pair of pants. WVhen, however, it is desired to connect the suspenders with a pair of hose, the hose support-ing members 12, 12 are connected with the two outside triangular plates 8. The outside triangular plates 8 are each provided with apertures 13 for the reception of the upper ends 14 of the hose supporting straps 12. The hose supporting straps 12 are of ordinary construct-ion, comprising the upper member 14 and the diverging straps 15, which are adapted to be connected with the tops of the hose in the ordinary manner. The upper ends of the straps 14 are connected with the outside triangular plates 8 by first inserting such straps through the apertures 13, thence they are passed around a retaining pin 16, when the free ends are inserted back through the same aperture, when by drawing downwardly on the hose supporting members, the upper end of the strap 14 will be prevented, by said pin, from being withdrawn from said slot, whereby the hose supporting straps will be securely retained in place in connection with said triangular plates.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a pair of suspenders of the described class, means for connecting the front end of each strap with the rear end of the other strap, comprising two pairs of triangular plates and one pair of triangular connecting members, one triangular plate of each pair being permanently connected at one of its 5 triangular sides with one of the front ends and the other plate of each pair with one of the back ends of said suspenders, each of said connecting members being detachably connected at its upper corners with one pair 10 of said triangular plates, the lower corner of each connecting member being provided with a central loop adapted to detachably' engage a button at the side of a pair of pants.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 15 in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY C. WEBER. Witnesses:

JAS. B. ERWIN, I. D. BREMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, I). G. l 

